Joshua
A Managed IT Service Desk Technician provides remote technical support to our external managed serve clients. On Satuday morning I got a phone call from an Asian ‘Microsoft Engineer' telling me my pc had viruses which were critical I immediately told him he was a scammer and hung up.
Even though i wasent aware of this issiue, it took me no longer than 30-90 seconds for me to realise that it was a scam, the english-indian woman claimed to be from the microsoft department in Scottland, and started asking questions about who was the owner of the 2 computers she called about, i then asked her which computers it was since we have 3 or 4 working computers in the household, whereafter she asked to talk to my mother.
The repair of computers and personal and household goods sector is dominated by micro enterprises (employing fewer than 10 persons), which is perhaps unsurprising given the specialist nature of this activity and the lack of national or international players developing their businesses within this area.
The relative significance of the repair of computers and personal and household goods sector, in terms of the value added, was also low in EFTA countries , ranging from 0.05 % of the non-financial business economy total in Switzerland; through 0.06 % in Norway to 0.09 % in Iceland.
Fortunately, being retired for real now anyway, I don't need the income from this business to survive or else I would be going hungry - especially if I depended only on PC repairs. I was following the call until reparacion de ordenadores (Google's website) i have stopped in the enter CMD step, then I I said that I wanted to check in my cell phone if was a scam and the girl began to become nervous theating to choose between continue or block my windows license.
Despite very low apparent labour productivity , the EU-27's average personnel costs for the repair of computers and personal and household goods sector were around 20 % below the non-financial business economy average: EUR 29 100 per employee for the repair of computers and personal and household goods compared with EUR 34 700 per employee.
I have noticed recently they no longer are making phone calls to scam vulnerable people , they are now using legit microsoft programs to locate any IP's they can connect to and establish connections through common ports like port 80 and port 443 , 6280 and the IPv4 on the wireless adapter, office word 2016, dropbox, and onedrive.
A young I.T. professional with vast experience in troubleshooting and technical assistant roles, a conscientious team member with a wide understanding of hardware and software installation, as well as component replacement, interpersonal skills to assist customers with computer issues.
I just got the same call, 2:30 on Aug 4. It sounded off from the start although he said several times he was calling from Windows Service Center. APC APC provides protection to SIE computers against some of the leading causes of downtime, data loss and hardware damage: power problems and temperature.
After a few minutes I told him I was tired and hung up. He called me back ant told me what a MF'er I was for wasting his time and he called me a few other choice words and hung up. I don't know how to stop these guys but they sure showed their unprofessional side.
A Managed IT Service Desk Technician provides remote technical support to our external managed serve clients. On Satuday morning I got a phone call from an Asian ‘Microsoft Engineer' telling me my pc had viruses which were critical I immediately told him he was a scammer and hung up.
